Andy Burnham: How can the prime minister meet the government’s biggest challenges?
An expert panel assessed Andy Burnham’s first decisions as prime minister and the decisions and challenges he faces this autumn.
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The new prime minister has appointed his ministers and put his No.10 team in place. He has created a new Office for the Prime Minister and Cabinet. And set out some immediate policy changes while promising a 10-year plan later in the year. So what happens now?
Having spent the summer setting out the new government's direction, how will Andy Burnham meet the challenge of being prime minister? How will he respond to parliamentary scrutiny? What do his spending choices mean for his fiscal policy? How might a challenging global situation impact his domestic policy? And what are his priorities at the upcoming Labour Party Conference?
The event brought together an expert panel, including:
- Steph Driver, Keir Starmer’s former No.10 Communications Director
- Paul Johnson, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Government and former Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies (joining virtually)
- Neal Lawson, Executive Director at Compass
- Alex Thomas, Executive Director at the Institute for Government
The event was chaired by Dr Hannah White, CEO of the Institute for Government.
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